IRAN: MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

11 May 2009 :

a prisoner was executed in the Ardabil Jail, Iran.
Seyed Reza Atharnia, 32, after being in jail for 6 years, was hanged this morning after conviction for trafficking in narcotics.

(Sources: hrairan.org, 04/05/2009)

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